History Main / ConstructionVehicleRampage

* During the final confrontation in ''Film/DealyHarvest'', [[spoiler:Grant uses a bulldozer to attack Mort Logan and his men, smashing up the marauders' van as they attempt to escape]].

* The finale of ''Film/DuelOfFists'' ''2: The Angry Guest'' is a massive fight in a rock quarry. Which culminates with its BashBrothers protagonists hijacking a pair of bulldozers and squashing multiple mooks with their fronts.

* In the ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' fanfic ''Vengeful Spirit'', Asuka (who has the powers of the ComicBook/GhostRider) hijacks a massive excavator, augments it with hellfire, and hands a bunch of criminals ([[spoiler:and the NERV Section 2 agents using them as bait to draw out the Rider]]) a very bad day. [[WordOfGod Word of author OrionPax09]] is that the sequence is based on the excavator sequence of ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance''.

* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'', the insane BigBad Trumper uses a farm tractor equipped with grabber, the vehicle that Shaun drove at the beginning of the film, to try to push the shed [[spoiler:that has the heroes inside]] into a nearby rock quarry.

* In ''Manga/{{Appleseed}} Ex Machina,'' a construction worker goes berserk upon being fired, and jumps into a nearby construction [[MiniMecha landmate]], whereupon he starts wrecking the site while raving over its loudspeaker about being treated poorly. Deunan manages to get behind him and press the emergency stop button.

* In ''{{Anime/Patlabor}}'', criminals started using large construction machines called "Labors" to commit crimes across the nation, which was an impetus for creating a Special Vehicles section of the police.

* In the climax of the 2015 film ''[[WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep Shaun the Sheep Movie]]'', the insane BigBad Trumper uses a farm tractor equipped with grabber, the vehicle that Shaun drove at the beginning of the film, to try to push the shed [[spoiler:that has the heroes inside]] into a nearby rock quarry.

* In the iconic climax of ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', Ripley uses a P-5000 Powered Work Loader or more colloquially known as "The Power Loader" (intended for heavy lifting) to duke it out with the Xenomorph Queen.
-->'''Ripley:''' "Get away from her you bitch!"
* ''Film/BlackMask'': One of the MookLieutenant uses a tracked loader to terrorize the police, crushing a few of them under its tracks until Inspector Shek manage to make it stop by leaping up the vehicle's side and forcing its driver off at gunpoint.

* In ''Film/{{Commando}}'', [[RetiredBadass John Matrix]] (Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger) [[https://youtu.be/BLjvPKQw_3c uses a tracked loader to break into an army surplus store for equipping himself with military weaponry.]]
* During the final confrontation in ''Film/DealyHarvest'',[[spoiler:Grant uses a bulldozer to attack Mort Logan and his men, smashing up the marauders' van as they attempt to escape]].

** In ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtxnE4tgA0 Bond is chasing the bomb maker across a construction site, and gets in a loader and drives at the bomb maker; demolishing a lot of the construction site in the process.]]
** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2DUFYqc27w Bond takes control of a Caterpillar excavator being shipped on a train and uses it to attack the assassin he is chasing.]] In the process, he crushes several cars being shipped, and rips the back off the rearmost passenger car.
* The plot of ''Film/{{Killdozer}}'' is that a bunch of construction workers are being terrorized and killed by an [[HauntedTechnology evil, living bulldozer]], which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'': TheHeavy Terminatrix hacks several police vehicles in order to assist her during her attempted termination of John Connor, while she herself barrels through the streets driving a heavy crane to pursue him.
* In the car chase scene in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', the Rev-9 Terminator pursues Dani, Grace and Diego in a dump truck fitted with a bulldozer blade (pictured above).

* ''Literature/BlackTideRising:'' In "Maligator County," the local survivors use a convoy of bulldozers, tractors, sprayers (to distribute poisonous pesticides), and combine harvesters to clear out the 7,000 zombies keeping them from re-settling the nearest town.

* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS2E1BackFromTheDead Back From the Dead]]", Carole, who thinks that Brittas [[ItMakesSenseInContext is using her son's body to gain eternal youth]], uses an excavator to try to destroy Brittas' car...with him inside it.
* In the fifth season finale of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Xander sucker punches BigBad [[PhysicalGod Glory]] with a wrecking ball.
-->'''Xander''': And the glorified bricklayer picks up a spare.

* ''Series/{{SWAT|2017}}'': "Pride" see's the team having to safeguard the local LGBT rights parade against an extremist hate group. Climaxing in them having to stop their big plan, namely driving four bulldozers simultaneously into the parade hoping to kill as many people as possible. Whilst they manage to stop three of them from doing any damage, it takes plowing their own armoured transport van into the forth to stop it injuring [[TheLancer Deacon]] in the process.

%%* "Wrecking Ball", one of Music/MileyCyrus's most popular songs with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8 the music video]] having over 1 billion views on Website/YouTube.
%%-->'''Miley Cyrus:''' I came in like a Wrecking Ball...

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', Lightning and Mater go [[CowTipping tractor-tipping]], and in doing so incur the wrath of "Frank", a combine harvester who acts like a vicious, angry bull. Lightning later has a nightmare about Frank running in the Dinoco 400, chewing up all his opponents, and winning the race.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' #4 (Gold Key), "Follow Through To Yoo Hoo" has Sgt. Blast and Meekly in the Army Surplus Special allowing the racers behind them to go ahead, only for the racer to get clobbered by a logging truck. Dick Dastardly is the first they victimize (it was a chapter in his book "How To Win a Race by Hook or Crook"), but the next racer, Rufus Ruffcut easily avoids the truck (as a lumberjack, he can smell a looging truck a mile away). The truck eventually clobbers the Surplus Special.

Construction vehicles are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, vehicles intended for building large facilities, but these guys didn't get the memo. The trope flips the intention on its head, using tools of creation as weapons of war.

A bulldozer tends to be a popular pick because its resemblance to a [[TankGoodness tank]] and its front blade that is capable of moving large chunks of land makes it a very versatile vehicle. As it is more useful in both landscaping and destruction than most other vehicles, a savvy character looking to cause mayhem will likely pick one as his/her go-to option.

Other popular picks include the front-end loader (with its large all-terrain wheels and maneuverable scoop), the wrecking ball crane (the quintessential demolition vehicle), and the excavator (with its modifiable arm and the ability to turn a complete 180° or even 360°). A steamroller is a popular pick for [[SquashedFlat flattening characters against the ground]]. In [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] settings, construction robots may count as well [[AIIsACrapshoot if their programming is overridden to cause nothing but destruction]]. It may also count [[PoweredArmor exo-suits]] or [[HumongousMecha mechas]] that were primarily created for the use of construction but are then commandeered to be used for combat instead.

* This trope is the impetus for creating a Special Vehicles section of the police in ''{{Anime/Patlabor}}'' after criminals start using large construction machines called "Labors" to commit crimes across the nation.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', all vehicles are anthropomorphized, so we get a rather odd version of this trope. Lightning and Mater go [[CowTipping tractor-tipping]], and in doing so incur the wrath of "Frank", a combine harvester who acts like a vicious, angry bull. Lightning later has a nightmare about Frank running in the Dinoco 400, chewing up all his opponents, and winning the race.
* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'': BigBad Alphonse Perrier du von Scheck plans to bulldoze the entire neighborhood and build a shopping mall. As a result, bulldozers are prominently used in the climax.

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* "Wrecking Ball", one of Music/MileyCyrus's most popular songs with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8 the music video]] having over 1 billion views on Website/YouTube.
-->'''Miley Cyrus:''' I came in like a Wrecking Ball...
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* ''VideoGame/BlastCorps'': The game revolves around using a variety of construction vehicles to demolish abandoned towns to prevent [[NitroExpress a runaway truck carrying nuclear warheads]] from crashing and exploding.

* The ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip "[[https://xkcd.com/677/ Asshole]]" stars Beret Guy getting an excavator to smack a couple who called him an asshole whether he drove a SUV or a hybrid car.

** {{Subverted|Trope}} in the episode "Dawn of the Eds". A wrecking ball briefly appears, almost hitting [[ComicTrio the Eds]] while none of them even notice.

* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
** As Ernie Potts enjoys being the demolition worker, he plans to knock down the old Circle Theater with his wrecking ball crane, which Arnold's grandmother is against him, causing the conflict in the episode "The Old Building".

** In the episode "Abracadaver", wrecking balls are used to demolish an old magic theater, only for one of them to hit the old iron maiden that held the titular antagonist Al Lusion and set him free, causing the whole plot of the episode.
** Defied in "The Mane Event", Bubbles removes the wrecking ball from a crane to use it as EpicFlail against the Evil Eye, only to have it blasted out of her hands.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': In "Howl of the Fright Hound", Scooby uses a [[ForkliftFu forklift]] to defeat the eponymous robot dog.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}''/''TabletopGame/{{Mechwarrior}}'' has mechs designed for farming, forestry, demolition, construction etc. With the shortage of battlemechs, many such mechs are armed and armoured into "Technicals" - styled improvised combat vehicles. Irregular conflicts between users of these vehicles may sometimes be decided by them, but they will rarely last long against battlemechs.